ha ha ha... never thought of it that way, yet. Yea, I'm sure Gunter will have an interesting existence, with that tag at the end of his name!

The brother'Z ran about the countryside doing a few Word searches...Only the ones that he's likely to use (from previous experience... )...And then completely failed to find any Dwaaagons to Kiw... ...Maybe when he goes to chat to some bearded dudes that could do with some sun, there'll be more about...Huzzah!!...

Jerric and *cough* “Darnand” are having a blast wandering Skyrim. They are based out of Jorrvaskr, but for now avoiding any more Companions quests. No dragons have been released into this game.

Marcurio Darnand is fun to fight with. He tends to run back to a high or otherwise safe position and then light up the countryside with magic. Many times Jerric has dodged to get out of his line of fire only to step directly into it, because he moved. Luckily Jerric has the Atronach blessing, so this often results in a refilled blue bar right after Jerric has depleted his magicka and drawn his sword.

Their next mission is to find a staff so that Darnand will start summoning things and quit equipping the spare weapons Jerric gives him to carry. It could be tough because Jerric spent all of their gold on an Adept hood for him. Jerric still wears the Novice one.

I’m also hearing a lot more comments than I ever got with Allek and Marcurio, probably because Allek runs a lot and Jerric walks. That way Darnand is usually pretty close behind him.

One thing that’s funny is that these two don’t need arrows. Usually I count on the follower as an arrow factory, but neither of them can use a bow.

Wow. That's generous.



oops!

4:13 pm, Middas, 14th of Morning star. Year 201 4th Era

After stealing some sort of note for the former Jarl of Falkreath, Crystal Beth realizes that this ex-Jarl's home has a free bed. Good. She's sick of staying at the inn with no doors on its rooms! The ex-Jarl doesn't seem to mind as she gets some rested sleep.

The previous night, she (once again) tried to get some sleep in her room, only to encounter that same man who wouldn't leave. She waited and waited, and he sat there for hours, drinking his ale or whatever. She couldn't do anything about it. Not without getting herself in trouble again. He finally left just as the sky was getting light outside.

The next day (15th of Morning Star) she rises early, packs up and goes to visit the "new" Jarl's court. She knows she's needed to complete 3 tasks to become Thane of Falkreath, and hopefully this final task will put her on the map. Maybe she'll even be able to buy a house here. If so, she certainly has the money to do so. There's no way a house here in Falkreath costs 25,000 gold!

"Yes, what is it you want?" the Jarl asks as Beth approaches his throne.

"Jarl Siddgeir. I've come to see if I've completed the three tasks you''ve required of me to become Thane".

"Then by my right as Jarl, I make you Thane of Falkreath...." he says, apparently unaware of the fact that Beth just took part in dealings against him.

He gives her a weapon she can simply sell. A blade of Frost made with dwarven metal. Beth has no use for such a crude weapon, but it'll fetch a nice price at the market! He also promises to "notify the guards" about Beth's status as Jarl whatever that means.

"Come again and see me sometime. I might have some use for you". He says this smugly.

With this information, Beth immediately tries to find the steward she just spoke to. Stewards seem to be the ones in charge of selling houses.
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This post has been edited by Lady Saga: Apr 22 2012, 11:43 PM

Isn't it funny how stealing that note for Dengeir qualifies you for thaneship from Siddgeir? Even though it is against his purposes?

Poor Beth is in for bad news though. There is no house for sale in Falkreath. Just one of many examples of this game being rushed to meet that silly release date. You ought to be able to buy a house in every hold capital.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Apr 23 2012, 12:06 AM

The mighty warrior Kraven fought among the mountainous region against the barbarians! He had prepared for this attack! He wanted to attempt his new hand to hand skills and put them in good use(Finishers). So he ran, with nothing but shield and sword and armor to fight the dregs of the Forsworn! He was ready! Not even his manly long hair could his vision! His mere frown could slay thousands! The mighty Kraven is never far from battle! Not even in his chambers, where he unleashes his spear for an Argonian maid!

And so he ran to meet his opponents, until everything froze! Day turned to night! His vision blacked out and all was lost!

And that concludes the story. Apparently my PS3 failed me when I was playing, and I ended up getting the Yellow Ring of Death.

I was so angry!

Ooooh, that was nasty... ...

Our original one went just after my daughter had tried for about an hour to get past this end of level baddie...She did it, took two steps into the next level and it went... ...She howled for ages, the wife said...Thought it was her fault... ...

Aaamywho...Bad luck mate...

I know, right? I was just glad Beth didn't have to take part in that blasted werewolf quest.



I know. Beth found this out. Oh well. Guess she'll have to keep staying in the room with no doors, until something better presents itself.

The thing is, I already "know" my Son of Talos character won't mind rooms with no doors. He'll be one of those guys who can sleep while a war is going on. Beth, however, demands more privacy.





WHAT? Yea, this is my worst nightmare, my PS3 is going on 3 1/2 years old. Both my original Plastation and PS2 slim still work fine, though. PS1 is 12 years old (I gave it to a friend) and the PS2 slim I got in 2004. Both still work fine, so (knock on plastic) maybe my PS3 will also survive. It lives in a nice, cool room. Cooling is supposed to be a major prob with PS3s and Xboxes.

Make sure you get a bunch of USB sticks if you haven't already. Save your games on to this sticks by going

XMB > Game Save Data > Copy > Copy to USB > Overwrite previous data (if there is any).
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This post has been edited by Lady Saga: Apr 23 2012, 07:09 PM

Morndas, 9:41 AM, 26th of MorningStar

so much has happened!

Crystal Beth spent a few days at The College. She presented the first chapter of her upcoming book to the Arch Mage himself, and then gathered up all her money (roughly 19,000 gp) to head off to Solitude. She rode her horse all the way to Robber's Gorge, which is one of those bandit camps with a bridge over the road.

Took care of the bandits (a little too easily) and then spent the night there. She found a few very cool items at this camp, including a Necklace of Minor Sneaking (+15% bonus).

Now here's where it really gets interesting. She passes thru Dragon Bridge and goes thru the village there. Just up the hiill, she gets attacked by a solitary Orc. Since she's on horseback, she decides she'll just ride back through the village. Let the guards handle it.

I really get annoyed when I have to ride my horse far away, just so it doesn't immediately start attacking the enemy. Grrr...that's why I figured I'd ride thru the town. Hopefully, the orc would get into it with Dragon Bridge guards.

But they did NOTHING! As Beth rides by "Help! There's a madman after me!" they did nothing at all! They'd go...

"oooh! A fight!"

Yes, I KNOW! Aren't you supposed to help me?????

Matter of fact, one of the NPC's (a woman) actually starts making bets against Beth. She said: "I'll put money on the tall one!" WTH???

"You call yourself a guard?" asks Beth to one of Dragon Reach's finest after the fight ended.

"Hands to yourself, sneak-thief"



Beth is not a thief, okay? She's sometimes tried to speak to someone, and winds up picking up an item instead. That's one of the downfalls of having your HUD dimmed, I suppose.
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Arriving into Solitude

Morndas, 11:37 AM, 26th of MorningStar

Beth enjoys her ride from Dragon Bridge to Solitude. She rides her horse slowly, savoring the atmosphere and the scenery. It's a sunny day. Beth has discovered that whenever it's sunny outside, it's best to be outside. Unlike Cyrodiil, the sun can be rare here in Skyrim.

She's not sure how much gold she has in total. She knows she's got some stashed in a hidden location in the town itself, too. Hopefully, she'll have over 25K. Then, it's house-time.

She rides her horse just to the city's front gate, and gets off.

"Destruction magic's fine. Just don't go burning down any buildings', a guard informs her.

Beth looks at him and says nothing.

Sometimes, it's better to not speak, if you're an elf amongst humans. Let your actions speak for themselves. Beth had never cast any fire, or any Destruction spells whatsoever when she was in Solitude. Well....well...there was that one time she got into a fight with the town guards, but her intentions had been mis-understood.

Suffice it to say, Beth has no intention of starting trouble here. Being in Solitude is like being in a Cyrodiilic town. When she's here, Crystal Beth can pretend she's back in Cyrodiil.

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This post has been edited by Lady Saga: Apr 25 2012, 12:38 AM

J’Shanji has adjusted to his third life quite nicely. He’s still a warrior, this time unarmed for melee with a bow for dragons. Restoration spells and all the potions he can find. As he said two lives ago, “This one is no flower picker.”

I do embellish game events with imagination, but these things really happened today. It was awesome!!


J’Shanji and Faendal stood at the cliff’s edge, looking down at the thatched roofs of Riverwood. Faendal laughed. “Last one down is a festering Nord!”

J’Shanji leaped over the edge, grinning. The two of them skidded into the Riverwood Trader a whisker’s breadth apart.

Faendal unpacked the goods while J’Shanji haggled with Lucan. The Imperial always started the conversation with fervent thanks for returning their golden claw. J’Shanji turned that to his advantage.

This time Camilla distracted him. She leaned close and gazed into J’Shanji’s eyes. “I’m so glad we’re friends,” she breathed. “Here, this is something that I hope will express my feelings.”

J’Shanji kept his fingers closed over the vial until he and Faendal reached the cobbles outside.

“Well?” Faendal demanded. “A stamina potion? What did she give you?”

J’Shanji slowly shook his head in wonder. “It is a draught to cure diseases.”

Faendal laughed the whole way across the bridge and down the rocks, taking the Bosmer shortcut over the switchbacks. Between the elf’s merriment and J’Shanji’s blushing dismay, they both completely missed the giant. They landed close behind him and lost a moment to surprise.

The giant was not in a mood to share the road.

At the giant’s wordless rumble J’Shanji took off running, hoping that his hotheaded friend would follow. He caught a glimpse of M’aiq out of the corner of his eye. The other Khajiit threw his arms over his head as J’Shanji streaked past.

A noise from the rear made J’Shanji’s neck fur buff out. Faendal’s reedy tones howling, “Now you’ll pay!”

Khajiit performed a claws-out turnaround on the road and sprinted back readying his bow. The giant’s club crashed against the ground, sending a cloud of debris into the air. A dragon cried over the mountains. J’Shanji saw the giant raise his club again. Faendal must still live. J’Shanji began to shoot at the giant.

The two scrambled down over the rocks, turning and shooting as they went. Thankfully the giant was slowed by the rough terrain. The whole time they were retreating down the hill toward the Honnigbrew Meadery, a dragon was attacking it.

J’Shanji got a few shots off at the dragon while it was snapping at guards, then he turned to shoot at the giant while the dragon flew up and circled. Faendal got the killing blow on the giant. J’Shanji’s arrow eventually finished the dragon.

After they stood around for a few moments viewing the carcasses and passing the healing potions, J’Shanji went to find what was left of M’aiq.

He found him under the trees. “I saw a mudcrab the other day,” said M’aiq. “Horrible creatures!”

What an awesome scene! Wish I could have seen it!

Heh, my characters who have done that questline usually cut him and his sister off! "I know I know...you have your claw...I "saved" your business so long ago, really, you can stop thanking me. Let's do business".






Cool story, bro Grits.

I'm happy to say that everything I post in this particular thread actually happens. None of it is fanfic. That's saying a lot for a vanilla game.

Yesterday, for instance, Beth decided to take a different route from Whiterun to Solitude. She cut across the wide open tundra, basically, and came to a giant camp she'd never found before. There was an elk which had been running in front of Beth and her horse for a minute or so. Beth would catch up to it, the elk would run away, etc. The elk runs in the middle of the giant camp, near a mammoth, and this pissed off the giant!

The giant starts chasing after the elk! A harmless elk! Beth had to catch up to it. Eventually, the giant clobbers the elk, but out of nowhere, a group of 4 bandits show up and start attacking the giant!

Beth got to sit there from a distance, watching the entire thing. One of the bandits was felled, and the other 3 chickened out, trying to get away from the maddened giant! He's chasing the bandits...he's way far from the actual mammoths he's supposed to be protecting when a saber-cat suddenly shows up and attacks the mammoths!



Your story is funnier, though.
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This post has been edited by Lady Saga: Apr 25 2012, 05:53 PM

It got funnier when they reached Whiterun and discovered that J’Shanji actually did have a disease. Witbane! He got cured at the shrine. I think he’s going to keep that potion from Camilla forever.

That sounds like quite a rumble on the tundra! I love giant and mammoth watching.

What an appropriate gift then!

Both J’Shanji's and Beth's stories of weird encounters are hilarious. I have as yet to have such a level of weirdness happen myself.

Oh god. Me too. I love just sitting from a distance watching them mill about their camp. :B




Really? Huh. I'm not gonna say I always see stuff like that (or what Grits describes), but it's not rare, either. Maybe you just need to play more!



Hey. So I really need to update now...This is Beth's BIG MOMENT

Fredas 9:06 PM, 30th of Morning Star, 4E,

Level: 29
Playtime: 142.12.50

After adding up the sacks of coins in her secret location Crystal Beth discovered she almost has enough! She's so close to getting the house! Less than a thousand gold to go!

She decides to go to Fort Snowhawk, a guaranteed money-stop full of Necromancers, and this did, in fact, cover her financially. She now has 25,593 gp. The Solitude house...is hers!

But there were a couple weird things that happened at Snowhawk. When she initially approached the place (hiding her horse far away so it won't get involvd in combat) there was a lone figure standing in the middle of the road. Beth nears him, it's a necromancer. He just stands there, looking at Beth sadly.

I got this weird feeling in my spine zing! when I realized Beth was literally staring right into the eyes of what's supposed to be her enemy, yet he was not trying to attack her.

"How fares thee, necromancer?"

I forget what he said, but it was something totally generic and non-confrontational!

I think it's pretty cool in a way...almost like he was having doubts about his "profession". He was located some distance away from the fort itself, you see, facing outwards, as if he had started to walk away from the place, and was now struggling with some inner confusion. But the bottom line: he did not attack Beth.

Beth decided to let him live. But when she exited the fort, the same thing happened. This time, it was a Redguard necromancer who was just sitting there. Litraly just sitting there. Beth was about to just walk by (she assumed he was dead at first!) But she looks more carefully, and sees that he's sitting on a bench. So she decides she'd better at least talk to the guy. But this time, the enemy attacked! Oh well...his loss.

...this fight had me LOLing, though, because this particular Redguard kept re-animating his friends to attack Beth! There were all these NPC necromancers everywhere (because Beth killed them all), and he basically turned all of them into zombies, one by one! It was a pretty dramatic battle, actually, because he did manage to keep himself alive for quite a while.

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On her way to the blue palace, Beth gathered up all her coin deeds and put on her prettiest dress. Just as she gets outside, she remembers! and turns around.

She's been saving a special bottle of Black Briar Reserve, just for this occasion!

"If you're heading to the Blue Palace, you might want to...re-think that outfit".

"You're not the one who's about to buy a house, then are you?" Beth snaps back. "At moments like this, coin speaks louder than cloth".

The lady has no reply, only walks away, haughtily.

"I could incinerate her. I really could, if I wanted to" Beth says under her breath. "Or cast a Frenzy from a distance, that might work".

As she casts her customary Candlelight, Beth enters the Blue Palace.
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This post has been edited by Lady Saga: Apr 26 2012, 10:36 PM

A lot of my astonishing experiences have involved either followers or dragons, or both. My lonely Altmer in a dragonless world has a pretty quiet game.

Yay, Beth is on her way to home ownership! How neat that she walks around under a sparkly light.

Jerric and Darnand (Marcurio) have been wandering around the Reach. They have worked out their inventory management system for extended road trips. Darnand carries the quills, inkpots, books, notes, and alchemy ingredients. Jerric carries everything else. We had an oops similar to the J’Shanji and topless Belrand incident. Darnand equipped some looted Forsworn armor that Jerric handed him. He won’t make that mistake again!

This post has been edited by Grits: Apr 26 2012, 10:47 PM

ahhh....the inventory management system! Every adventuring party should have one! Did anything happen when the Forsworn armor was equipped? Like was there reaction from your partner or an NPC?

Yea, she bought the house, Proudspire Manor it's called. She hasn't got any money to decorate it and this is fine, there's still plenty to do. I think we may spend a lot of time just cleaning up the house, for instance. Beth is removing all the skulls and nord mead and meat....all the stuff she doesn't want. GONE! It's her place.

No more "I'll show to your room right this way, either. No more of that nonsense! Not in Solitude! She's got a bunch of books and items over at her hotel room, and she'll also be taking this stuff over.

I think the rest of my gameplay this evening is gonna involve Beth and her new home! I'm kinda disappointed that Proudspire Manor doesn't take more advantage of the spectacular view on the east side. There's a couple arches we can look thru to look down on the water, but there's no way to really take it all in. These arches are too narrow.

Plus, there's a courtyard, Beth is noting, but why is it not gated off? Lol, she's already complaining@

This post has been edited by Lady Saga: Apr 26 2012, 11:23 PM

Congrats to Beth on her new house. And a big one at that! I think that is the most expensive one in the game. Of course now she has to save up to buy all the furnishings...

Kachina found one of those talkative necromancers before going into a cave. He did attack her when she came back out however. Ulfidis had a similar encounter with a bandit in the Reach. She tried talking to him, but his two partners spoiled it by attacking. Then he went hostile too.